Sturgeon and Murrell spent nearly a decade as a powerful force at the heart of Scottish politics.
For nearly a decade, Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell were Scotland’s ultimate political power couple.
By 2003, Sturgeon and Murrell had announced they were an item and were living together in Uddingston, near Glasgow. Seven years later, in July 2010, the pair wed at a civil ceremony in Oran Mor in Glasgow’s west end. Salmond said: "After I stood down as leader, I thought it was my job to tell Nicola first and then Peter. I thought the combination between her being the first minister and Peter being the chief executive was going to cause great difficulty.
Speaking on the same documentary, Sturgeon defended her stance, saying: “Peter had done the job as chief executive way before I became first minister. I think if the gender roles have been reversed, and the ideal woman had to step down from their job because of their spouse's role, that would have looked odd."
"And sometimes, for whatever reason, having a baby just doesn't happen - no matter how much we might want it to.” She later thanked the public both on her and Murrell's behalf for the messages of support they received following the revelations. During the ensuing leadership election the party was urged to reveal its membership figures. When Record sister paper the Sunday Mail reported that the numbers were down by 30,000, this was rubbished by party media chief Murray Foote.
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